The George Floyd Effect Is Over

Watching the videotaped lynching of George Floyd on Memorial Day is probably one of the most difficult things that I have viewed in my whole 44 years of life. Eight minutes, forty-six seconds as Derek Chauvin placed not only his knee, but the whole weight of his body on George Floyd’s neck, as Mr. Floyd begged and pleaded for his life and called out for his dead mother. No matter your color, gender, age, or economic background, nobody can look at that video and not be moved in some way.

To prove this, for weeks after George Floyd’s death, there were marches consisting of various ethnic backgrounds; there were black lives matter murals painted in major cities around the country; Hollywood became more liberal in funding Black centered projects, Corporate America became more liberal in hiring Black women and men , in addition to the regular affirmative action hires. White folks made a real intentional effort to atone for the white supremacy, police brutality, and the overall tone deafness, due to their immense white privilege.

But just as the woman beating husband, who makes the proclamation that his next time will always be the last time, this sudden allyship and racial solidarity were a temporary fix to an even bigger problem. On Aug 11, 2020, Joe Biden made the announcement that Kamala Harris was his running mate, and once again, America was reminded that racial solidarity was not…